International medical graduates: Learning for practice in Alberta, Canada

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Lockyer, Jocelyn ^a   Hofmeister, Marianna ^a   Crutcher, Rodney ^b   Klein, Douglas ^c   Fidler, Herta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Continuing medical education; Continuing professional development; International medical graduate (IMG); Physician learning; Physician migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ALBERTA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34948875863     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.119     Document Type: Article

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